“It is simply not acceptable in The New York Times Crossword and we apologize for including it.” “Tuesday’s Crossword puzzle included an entry that was offensive and hurtful,” the spokesperson said. Shortz has been the editor of the Times’s crossword since 1993.Ī New York Times spokesperson told on Wednesday that the entry in question is “simply not acceptable.”
“Meanwhile, for any solver who was offended by 2-Down in today’s puzzle, I apologize,” Shortz concluded.Ī response from Will Shortz about the entry 2D in today’s crossword puzzle. “But I assure you this viewpoint is expressed with a pure heart. I want your focus to be on the puzzle rather than being distracted by side issues,” he added. “Perhaps I need to rethink this opinion, if enough solvers are bothered. (which we clued last April as ‘Proceed all right,’ but which as a solid word is a slur), CHINK (benign in the sense as a chink in one’s armor), etc. “This is an issue that comes up occasionally with entries like GO O.K. “My feeling, rightly or wrongly, is that any benign meaning of a word is fair game for a crossword,” he wrote. Shortz then defended the use of the word, comparing it to other words or phrases that can be racial slurs but can also have other meanings, particularly in crossword puzzles. “Neither Joel nor I had ever heard the slur before – and I don’t know anyone who would use it. “I am very sorry for the distraction about BEANER (2D) in today’s fine puzzle by Gary Cee,” Shortz wrote. Will Shortz, the Times’s crossword puzzle editor, wrote on Twitter that neither he nor the puzzle’s author “had ever heard the slur before.” A beanball is a term used for hitting a player in the head with a baseball. The New York Times crossword puzzle editor issued an apology on Tuesday after the word “Beaner” was used as the answer to a New Year’s Day puzzle clue of “Pitch to the head, informally.”īeaner is considered a disrespectful term to those of Hispanic origin.
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